On the exterior of Essex Market at the corner of Norfolk and Broome streets, is a re-presentation of I Pledge. Presented here as a vinyl installation, I Pledge was created by Amy Khoshbin, House of Trees, and Naomi Shihab Nye in response to mounting xenophobia and gender-based violence for the one-year anniversary of the 2017 Women’s March. I Pledge continues to advocate for …
Ai Sugiura is a multidisciplinary artist who focuses on the trivial objects of everyday life and rethinks their meaning and function. Sugiura’s artistic practice is driven by her interest in material and space, inside/outside, memory, and the transition between the ordinary and extraordinary. She observes the process of change in objects and people, and their …
Asia Sztencel is a first-generation Polish immigrant, a Brooklyn-based artist. Sztencel is inspired by the role of the artist in the community, emphasizing sensitivity, and a respectful approach. Through conceptual practice and traditional craft, her work offers a personal exploration within the larger narrative of the immigration experience. Highlighting the landscape as a narrative, dissecting …
Download the Education & Accessibility Guide for Textures of Feminist Perseverance The exhibition continues at The James Gallery [365 5th Ave, NYC] through June 7 2024 Artists On View at The James GallerySarah Ahmad, Mimi Biyao Bai, Sonya Blesofsky, Langdon Graves, Sara Jimenez, Martine Kaczynski, Rhea Karam, Amy Khoshbin, Fay Ku, Ani Liu, Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, …
Kara Springer, Judith Mae, part one, 2023. Because I come from the earth’s inside, 1 Dec 2023 – 24 Feb 2024. Cuchifritos Gallery, New York. Photo: Brad Farwell. What is perhaps one of the longest running jokes in Lebanon is that you could go swimming and skiing on the same day. The mountain range’s proximity …
Roxane Revon is a multi-disciplinary artist intrigued by the interdependence between species and more particularly between humans and vegetal beings. She grew up in France and studied philosophy at La Sorbonne University before moving to New York a decade ago where she started her artistic career and continued her education. For a decade, she has …
Download Education and Accessibility Guide for Because I come from the earth’s inside Read And when we came down from the mountain, essay written by Beirut–based writer Muriel N. Kahwagi on the occasion of Kara Springer’s solo exhibition Because I come from the earth’s inside. Coal(excerpt)Audre Lorde IIs the total black, being spokenFrom the earth’s inside.There are many …
Nicholas Milkovich is an emerging American installation sculptor based in Brooklyn. He is also a mechanical engineer with research in soft-tissue biomechanics. He draws inspiration from biological features found in the human body to create installations meant to invade spaces. Using colorful synthetic materials and repeated form, Milkovich generates work that balances between deadly serious …
I use familiar materials to make public and community engaged art, drawings, structures and commemorative objects. My studies in architecture and planning, family history of migration, and collaborations with directly impacted community members drive projects about prison abolition, domestic space and community empowerment in the face of hostile authorities. With ink, building materials, upcycled fabrics …
Shanzhai Lyric is a body of research focusing on radical logistics and linguistics through the prism of technological aberration and nonofficial cultures. The project takes inspiration from the experimental English of shanzhai t-shirts made in China and proliferating across the globe to examine how the language of counterfeit uses mimicry, hybridity, and permutation to both …
